Seeing as it isn’t every day that YouTube film-makers are offered the opportunity to tour the world's finest water parks or pocket £10,000 for doing what they do best – making inspired videos – today we are showcasing some of the entrants to the Barclaycard Waterslide Competition on the UK homepage.

With submissions spanning everything from stop-motion to swimshorts-clad entrants being dragged behind cars – which, by the way, isn’t something we recommend trying – the competition provoked equal parts of creativity and lunacy in the YouTube community. Winners were decided by a YouTube-wide vote, with teaaandcheese’s 8-bit offering taking top spot (and the big prize) and five other entrants securing runner-up status:

In the YouTube spirit of inclusion, we have added a further six videos to today’s homepage takeover, but remember to head to the Barclaycard Create channel to review all the entries. Our congratulations go out to the winners, but we also extend a hearty handshake to all who made the effort. Rest assured that we’ll keep you abreast of similar opportunities via the blog, so stay tuned for updates.